http://arborweb.com/ Ann Arbor online: news and reference community resource, with the area's best events calendar, Ann Arbor Observer City Guide, comprehensive information on housing, restaurants, government, education, and more, and free classified ads. en-us 2012 Ann Arbor Observer. All Rights Reserved. http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event121345 Feb. 8, 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. -- <>Feb. 7 & 8. This award-winning local children's theater presents Toronto schoolteacher Leslie McCurdy, who performs her acclaimed one-woman play about Tubman's life from her experience as a slave to her work on the Underground Railroad. In celebration of Black History Month. A score of spiritu... Family & Kids' Stuff Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event111792 Feb. 8, 3 & 8 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event119686 Feb. 9, 1 p.m. -- Live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera production of Jeremy Sams' new opera featuring the music of various Baroque composers, including Handel, Vivaldi, and Rameau. The action, inspired by 18th-century masques and musical pastiches, is a Shakespearean adaptation that transposes the lovers from A M... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event124478 Feb. 9, 7 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Feb. 2-26 This local professional company performs this hit 1996 Broadway musical revue that features 39 Lieber & Stoller songs, from "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" to "There Goes My Baby" and "Stand by Me." Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event121599 Feb. 9, 7 p.m. -- Feb. 9-11 & 17-19. EMU theater professor Wallace Bridges directs Nilaja Sun's incisive, touching, often hilarious exploration of the New York City public school system, in which a single actor transforms with rapid-fire precision into the teachers, students, parents, administrators, janitors, an... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event122524 Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 12-Feb. 19 (or later). David Magidson directs the Michigan premiere of Christopher Hampton's 2009 Tony-winning translation of French playwright Yasmina Reza's dark comedy of manners about 2 couples who meet at one of their homes to discuss a playground altercation between the... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event122820 Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. -- Feb. 3, 4, & 9-11. Burns Park Elementary School students, parents, and friends--a group cited by former Ann Arbor News drama critic Chris Potter as one of the best theater groups in town--perform this witty, droll 1959 musical comedy adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's The Princess and the Pe... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event122915 Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. -- Feb. 9-12. Wendy Sielaff directs students in a slightly censored "school edition" of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical about a deranged London barber who kills his customers and has them served up in meat pies. Based on supposedly actual events in 19th-century England, Sondheim's black c... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event111793 Feb. 9, 8 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event121600 Feb. 10, 7 p.m. -- Feb. 9-11 & 17-19. EMU theater professor Wallace Bridges directs Nilaja Sun's incisive, touching, often hilarious exploration of the New York City public school system, in which a single actor transforms with rapid-fire precision into the teachers, students, parents, administrators, janitors, an... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event111819 Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. -- Feb. 3-5, 10, & 11. Erin Palmer directs students in Meredith Willson's perennially popular musical set in small-town Iowa around the turn of the century. A fast-talking traveling salesman cons the townsfolk into buying musical instruments by posing as a music instructor who wants to start a boys... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event122821 Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. -- Feb. 3, 4, & 9-11. Burns Park Elementary School students, parents, and friends--a group cited by former Ann Arbor News drama critic Chris Potter as one of the best theater groups in town--perform this witty, droll 1959 musical comedy adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's The Princess and the Pe... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event122916 Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. -- Feb. 9-12. Wendy Sielaff directs students in a slightly censored "school edition" of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical about a deranged London barber who kills his customers and has them served up in meat pies. Based on supposedly actual events in 19th-century England, Sondheim's black c... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event124479 Feb. 10, 8 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Feb. 2-26 This local professional company performs this hit 1996 Broadway musical revue that features 39 Lieber & Stoller songs, from "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" to "There Goes My Baby" and "Stand by Me." Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event111794 Feb. 10, 8 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event122525 Feb. 10, 8 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 12-Feb. 19 (or later). David Magidson directs the Michigan premiere of Christopher Hampton's 2009 Tony-winning translation of French playwright Yasmina Reza's dark comedy of manners about 2 couples who meet at one of their homes to discuss a playground altercation between the... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event119306 Feb. 10, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 10-12 & 15-19. Malcolm Tulip directs U-M musical theater students in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Tony-winning 2007 rock musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind's 1891 drama about a group of German adolescents whose sexual awakening is warped and thwarted by bourgeois adult society. One of ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event119687 Feb. 11, Noon-6:30 p.m. -- Live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera production of the finale of Wagner's epic cycle of 4 operas inspired by Norse mythology. Stars Deborah Voigt and Gary Lehman. Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event121601 Feb. 11, 2 p.m. -- Feb. 9-11 & 17-19. EMU theater professor Wallace Bridges directs Nilaja Sun's incisive, touching, often hilarious exploration of the New York City public school system, in which a single actor transforms with rapid-fire precision into the teachers, students, parents, administrators, janitors, an... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event111795 Feb. 11, 3 & 8 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event122526 Feb. 11, 3 & 8 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 12-Feb. 19 (or later). David Magidson directs the Michigan premiere of Christopher Hampton's 2009 Tony-winning translation of French playwright Yasmina Reza's dark comedy of manners about 2 couples who meet at one of their homes to discuss a playground altercation between the... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event119276 Feb. 11, 7-9 p.m. -- Feb. 11 & 12. Screening of a video of a juried selection of videodance works from around the world featured in the recent 40th Annual Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center in New York. Videodance is a hybrid art form that combines the dynamics of dance and the moving body with film/video ed... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event119246 Feb. 11, 7 p.m. -- Feb. 3-5, 11, 12, & 16. EMU theater professor Pirooz Aghssa directs Sarah Ruhl's comedy about an unremarkable woman who answers the phone of a man who's just died and relishes the emotional power she wields by talking to his friends and relatives. "It's the deep-seated need for attention in all ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event111820 Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m. -- Feb. 3-5, 10, & 11. Erin Palmer directs students in Meredith Willson's perennially popular musical set in small-town Iowa around the turn of the century. A fast-talking traveling salesman cons the townsfolk into buying musical instruments by posing as a music instructor who wants to start a boys... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event122822 Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m. -- Feb. 3, 4, & 9-11. Burns Park Elementary School students, parents, and friends--a group cited by former Ann Arbor News drama critic Chris Potter as one of the best theater groups in town--perform this witty, droll 1959 musical comedy adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's The Princess and the Pe... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event122917 Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m. -- Feb. 9-12. Wendy Sielaff directs students in a slightly censored "school edition" of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical about a deranged London barber who kills his customers and has them served up in meat pies. Based on supposedly actual events in 19th-century England, Sondheim's black c... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event124480 Feb. 11, 8 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Feb. 2-26 This local professional company performs this hit 1996 Broadway musical revue that features 39 Lieber & Stoller songs, from "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" to "There Goes My Baby" and "Stand by Me." Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event119307 Feb. 11, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 10-12 & 15-19. Malcolm Tulip directs U-M musical theater students in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Tony-winning 2007 rock musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind's 1891 drama about a group of German adolescents whose sexual awakening is warped and thwarted by bourgeois adult society. One of ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event111796 Feb. 12, 2 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event122527 Feb. 12, 2 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 12-Feb. 19 (or later). David Magidson directs the Michigan premiere of Christopher Hampton's 2009 Tony-winning translation of French playwright Yasmina Reza's dark comedy of manners about 2 couples who meet at one of their homes to discuss a playground altercation between the... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event119247 Feb. 12, 2 p.m. -- Feb. 3-5, 11, 12, & 16. EMU theater professor Pirooz Aghssa directs Sarah Ruhl's comedy about an unremarkable woman who answers the phone of a man who's just died and relishes the emotional power she wields by talking to his friends and relatives. "It's the deep-seated need for attention in all ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event119308 Feb. 12, 2 p.m. -- Feb. 10-12 & 15-19. Malcolm Tulip directs U-M musical theater students in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Tony-winning 2007 rock musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind's 1891 drama about a group of German adolescents whose sexual awakening is warped and thwarted by bourgeois adult society. One of ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event124481 Feb. 12, 3 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Feb. 2-26 This local professional company performs this hit 1996 Broadway musical revue that features 39 Lieber & Stoller songs, from "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" to "There Goes My Baby" and "Stand by Me." Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event122918 Feb. 12, 3 p.m. -- Feb. 9-12. Wendy Sielaff directs students in a slightly censored "school edition" of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical about a deranged London barber who kills his customers and has them served up in meat pies. Based on supposedly actual events in 19th-century England, Sondheim's black c... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event119275 Feb. 12, 7-9 p.m. -- Feb. 11 & 12. Screening of a video of a juried selection of videodance works from around the world featured in the recent 40th Annual Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center in New York. Videodance is a hybrid art form that combines the dynamics of dance and the moving body with film/video ed... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event120945 Feb. 12, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 12-15. A new play by a different Michigan playwright each night. Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120206.html#event123821 Feb. 12, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 12, 17-19 & 24-26 and Mar. 2-4. Nati Salgado directs this local company in the premiere of the young Midwestern playwright Kevin Kautzman's comedy about a twentysomething couple, struggling to survive the Great Recession, who launch a boutique sex website to sell the woman as an All-America... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event120946 Feb. 13, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 12-15. A new play by a different Michigan playwright each night. Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event120947 Feb. 14, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 12-15. A new play by a different Michigan playwright each night. Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event111797 Feb. 15, 3 & 8 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event119309 Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m. -- Feb. 10-12 & 15-19. Malcolm Tulip directs U-M musical theater students in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Tony-winning 2007 rock musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind's 1891 drama about a group of German adolescents whose sexual awakening is warped and thwarted by bourgeois adult society. One of ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event120948 Feb. 15, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 12-15. A new play by a different Michigan playwright each night. Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event124482 Feb. 16, 7 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Feb. 2-26 This local professional company performs this hit 1996 Broadway musical revue that features 39 Lieber & Stoller songs, from "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" to "There Goes My Baby" and "Stand by Me." Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event119248 Feb. 16, 7 p.m. -- Feb. 3-5, 11, 12, & 16. EMU theater professor Pirooz Aghssa directs Sarah Ruhl's comedy about an unremarkable woman who answers the phone of a man who's just died and relishes the emotional power she wields by talking to his friends and relatives. "It's the deep-seated need for attention in all ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event123017 Feb. 16, 7 p.m. -- Feb. 16-18. Alex Madda directs students in Eric Bogosian's searing drama about a popular "shock jock" radio personality whose regular abuse of his listeners leads to tragic consequences. An examination of free speech, hypocrisy, and Americans' susceptibility to the cult of personality, the play was ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event122528 Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 12-Feb. 19 (or later). David Magidson directs the Michigan premiere of Christopher Hampton's 2009 Tony-winning translation of French playwright Yasmina Reza's dark comedy of manners about 2 couples who meet at one of their homes to discuss a playground altercation between the... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event119310 Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m. -- Feb. 10-12 & 15-19. Malcolm Tulip directs U-M musical theater students in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Tony-winning 2007 rock musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind's 1891 drama about a group of German adolescents whose sexual awakening is warped and thwarted by bourgeois adult society. One of ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event124850 Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m. -- Feb. 16-19. John Neville-Andrews directs local professional actor Naz Edwards and U-M theater students in Michael Frayn's popular comedy about the hilarious misadventures of an acting troupe on tour with an awful British sex farce called Nothing On. The action features a backstage view of rehearsals... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event111798 Feb. 16, 8 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event123021 Feb. 16, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 16-19. Concordia students present Randy Courts and Mark St. Germain's musical about an orphan running away from the Foolkiller, aka Death, who tries various careers, from medicine to ministry to the military. Eventually, the Foolkiller offers him eternal life if he can answer the question "How ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event121602 Feb. 17, 7 p.m. -- Feb. 9-11 & 17-19. EMU theater professor Wallace Bridges directs Nilaja Sun's incisive, touching, often hilarious exploration of the New York City public school system, in which a single actor transforms with rapid-fire precision into the teachers, students, parents, administrators, janitors, an... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event123018 Feb. 17, 7 & 11 p.m. -- Feb. 16-18. Alex Madda directs students in Eric Bogosian's searing drama about a popular "shock jock" radio personality whose regular abuse of his listeners leads to tragic consequences. An examination of free speech, hypocrisy, and Americans' susceptibility to the cult of personality, the play was ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event124483 Feb. 17, 8 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Feb. 2-26 This local professional company performs this hit 1996 Broadway musical revue that features 39 Lieber & Stoller songs, from "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" to "There Goes My Baby" and "Stand by Me." Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event111799 Feb. 17, 8 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event122529 Feb. 17, 8 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 12-Feb. 19 (or later). David Magidson directs the Michigan premiere of Christopher Hampton's 2009 Tony-winning translation of French playwright Yasmina Reza's dark comedy of manners about 2 couples who meet at one of their homes to discuss a playground altercation between the... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event119311 Feb. 17, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 10-12 & 15-19. Malcolm Tulip directs U-M musical theater students in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Tony-winning 2007 rock musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind's 1891 drama about a group of German adolescents whose sexual awakening is warped and thwarted by bourgeois adult society. One of ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event124851 Feb. 17, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 16-19. John Neville-Andrews directs local professional actor Naz Edwards and U-M theater students in Michael Frayn's popular comedy about the hilarious misadventures of an acting troupe on tour with an awful British sex farce called Nothing On. The action features a backstage view of rehearsals... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event123822 Feb. 17, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 12, 17-19 & 24-26 and Mar. 2-4. Nati Salgado directs this local company in the premiere of the young Midwestern playwright Kevin Kautzman's comedy about a twentysomething couple, struggling to survive the Great Recession, who launch a boutique sex website to sell the woman as an All-America... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event123022 Feb. 17, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 16-19. Concordia students present Randy Courts and Mark St. Germain's musical about an orphan running away from the Foolkiller, aka Death, who tries various careers, from medicine to ministry to the military. Eventually, the Foolkiller offers him eternal life if he can answer the question "How ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event118762 Feb. 18, 1 p.m. -- Becky Fox directs Paul VanderRoest and Kerry Graves' musical adapted from Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale about a fisherman whose life is complicated when a mermaid who gets tangled in his fishing line grants him 3 wishes. Cast: Jeremy Salvatori, Carrie Wilson, and Gayle Martin. Family & Kids' Stuff Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event111800 Feb. 18, 3 & 8 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event121603 Feb. 18, 7 p.m. -- Feb. 9-11 & 17-19. EMU theater professor Wallace Bridges directs Nilaja Sun's incisive, touching, often hilarious exploration of the New York City public school system, in which a single actor transforms with rapid-fire precision into the teachers, students, parents, administrators, janitors, an... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event123019 Feb. 18, 7 p.m. -- Feb. 16-18. Alex Madda directs students in Eric Bogosian's searing drama about a popular "shock jock" radio personality whose regular abuse of his listeners leads to tragic consequences. An examination of free speech, hypocrisy, and Americans' susceptibility to the cult of personality, the play was ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event123027 Feb. 18, 7-9 p.m. -- Traditional Indonesian music and dance performances. Preceded at 5-6:45 p.m. by Indonesian food. Food & Beverage Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event124484 Feb. 18, 8 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Feb. 2-26 This local professional company performs this hit 1996 Broadway musical revue that features 39 Lieber & Stoller songs, from "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" to "There Goes My Baby" and "Stand by Me." Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event122530 Feb. 18, 8 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 12-Feb. 19 (or later). David Magidson directs the Michigan premiere of Christopher Hampton's 2009 Tony-winning translation of French playwright Yasmina Reza's dark comedy of manners about 2 couples who meet at one of their homes to discuss a playground altercation between the... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event119312 Feb. 18, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 10-12 & 15-19. Malcolm Tulip directs U-M musical theater students in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Tony-winning 2007 rock musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind's 1891 drama about a group of German adolescents whose sexual awakening is warped and thwarted by bourgeois adult society. One of ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event124852 Feb. 18, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 16-19. John Neville-Andrews directs local professional actor Naz Edwards and U-M theater students in Michael Frayn's popular comedy about the hilarious misadventures of an acting troupe on tour with an awful British sex farce called Nothing On. The action features a backstage view of rehearsals... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event123823 Feb. 18, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 12, 17-19 & 24-26 and Mar. 2-4. Nati Salgado directs this local company in the premiere of the young Midwestern playwright Kevin Kautzman's comedy about a twentysomething couple, struggling to survive the Great Recession, who launch a boutique sex website to sell the woman as an All-America... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event119748 Feb. 18, 8 p.m. -- Artistic director McGregor leads this internationally respected British dance company he founded in 1992 and dedicated to a visionary approach that combines new technologies, including animation and virtual dancers, with McGregor's radical style of dramatically quick and physically taxing movements.... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event123023 Feb. 18, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 16-19. Concordia students present Randy Courts and Mark St. Germain's musical about an orphan running away from the Foolkiller, aka Death, who tries various careers, from medicine to ministry to the military. Eventually, the Foolkiller offers him eternal life if he can answer the question "How ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event111801 Feb. 19, 2 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event122531 Feb. 19, 2 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 12-Feb. 19 (or later). David Magidson directs the Michigan premiere of Christopher Hampton's 2009 Tony-winning translation of French playwright Yasmina Reza's dark comedy of manners about 2 couples who meet at one of their homes to discuss a playground altercation between the... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event121604 Feb. 19, 2 p.m. -- Feb. 9-11 & 17-19. EMU theater professor Wallace Bridges directs Nilaja Sun's incisive, touching, often hilarious exploration of the New York City public school system, in which a single actor transforms with rapid-fire precision into the teachers, students, parents, administrators, janitors, an... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event119313 Feb. 19, 2 p.m. -- Feb. 10-12 & 15-19. Malcolm Tulip directs U-M musical theater students in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Tony-winning 2007 rock musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind's 1891 drama about a group of German adolescents whose sexual awakening is warped and thwarted by bourgeois adult society. One of ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event124853 Feb. 19, 2 p.m. -- Feb. 16-19. John Neville-Andrews directs local professional actor Naz Edwards and U-M theater students in Michael Frayn's popular comedy about the hilarious misadventures of an acting troupe on tour with an awful British sex farce called Nothing On. The action features a backstage view of rehearsals... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event123024 Feb. 19, 2:30 p.m. -- Feb. 16-19. Concordia students present Randy Courts and Mark St. Germain's musical about an orphan running away from the Foolkiller, aka Death, who tries various careers, from medicine to ministry to the military. Eventually, the Foolkiller offers him eternal life if he can answer the question "How ... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event124485 Feb. 19, 3 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Feb. 2-26 This local professional company performs this hit 1996 Broadway musical revue that features 39 Lieber & Stoller songs, from "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" to "There Goes My Baby" and "Stand by Me." Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event123028 Feb. 19, 3:30 p.m. -- Tentative. Performances TBA by church members in honor of Black History Month. Past programs have included poetry readings, skits, liturgical dances, and choir performances. Music: Classical, Religious, & Cabaret Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event121413 Feb. 19, 7 p.m. -- Tape-delayed live broadcast of the National Theatre (London) production of British dramatist Nicholas Wright's new comedy inspired by the Eastern European immigrants who helped found Hollywood's Golden Age. The action, directed by Nicholas Hytner, follows a famous American film director's journey to... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120213.html#event123824 Feb. 19, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 12, 17-19 & 24-26 and Mar. 2-4. Nati Salgado directs this local company in the premiere of the young Midwestern playwright Kevin Kautzman's comedy about a twentysomething couple, struggling to survive the Great Recession, who launch a boutique sex website to sell the woman as an All-America... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event111802 Feb. 22, 3 & 8 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event124486 Feb. 23, 3 & 7 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Feb. 2-26 This local professional company performs this hit 1996 Broadway musical revue that features 39 Lieber & Stoller songs, from "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" to "There Goes My Baby" and "Stand by Me." Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event123034 Feb. 23, 7 p.m. -- Feb. 23-25. Derek Joseph Tran directs students in Michael Christofer's 1977 Tony- and Pulitzer-winning drama, a wrenching portrayal of 3 families confronting their loved ones' imminent deaths in a hospice. One man is at peace with his approaching death, but his wife, in deep denial, won't even enter... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event111803 Feb. 23, 8 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event123035 Feb. 24, 7 & 11 p.m. -- Feb. 23-25. Derek Joseph Tran directs students in Michael Christofer's 1977 Tony- and Pulitzer-winning drama, a wrenching portrayal of 3 families confronting their loved ones' imminent deaths in a hospice. One man is at peace with his approaching death, but his wife, in deep denial, won't even enter... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event111902 Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. -- Rebecca Groeb-Driskill directs students in Jerry Herman's long-running musical about a charming but opportunistic woman out to make a quick buck. Complications arise when she tries to play matchmaker to the wealthy Horace Vandergelder. The score includes such favorites as "Put on Your Sunday Clothes... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event124487 Feb. 24, 8 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Feb. 2-26 This local professional company performs this hit 1996 Broadway musical revue that features 39 Lieber & Stoller songs, from "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" to "There Goes My Baby" and "Stand by Me." Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event111804 Feb. 24, 8 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event123825 Feb. 24, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 12, 17-19 & 24-26 and Mar. 2-4. Nati Salgado directs this local company in the premiere of the young Midwestern playwright Kevin Kautzman's comedy about a twentysomething couple, struggling to survive the Great Recession, who launch a boutique sex website to sell the woman as an All-America... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event121421 Feb. 25, 12:55-3:45 p.m. -- Live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera production of Verdi's rarely performed early opera, a romantic tragedy, set in the court of Renaissance Spain, adapted from a play by Victor Hugo. Stars Angela Meade, Marcello Giordani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Ferrucio Furlanetto. Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event111805 Feb. 25, 3 & 8 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event123036 Feb. 25, 7 p.m. -- Feb. 23-25. Derek Joseph Tran directs students in Michael Christofer's 1977 Tony- and Pulitzer-winning drama, a wrenching portrayal of 3 families confronting their loved ones' imminent deaths in a hospice. One man is at peace with his approaching death, but his wife, in deep denial, won't even enter... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event111903 Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. -- Rebecca Groeb-Driskill directs students in Jerry Herman's long-running musical about a charming but opportunistic woman out to make a quick buck. Complications arise when she tries to play matchmaker to the wealthy Horace Vandergelder. The score includes such favorites as "Put on Your Sunday Clothes... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event124488 Feb. 25, 8 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Feb. 2-26 This local professional company performs this hit 1996 Broadway musical revue that features 39 Lieber & Stoller songs, from "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" to "There Goes My Baby" and "Stand by Me." Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event123826 Feb. 25, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 12, 17-19 & 24-26 and Mar. 2-4. Nati Salgado directs this local company in the premiere of the young Midwestern playwright Kevin Kautzman's comedy about a twentysomething couple, struggling to survive the Great Recession, who launch a boutique sex website to sell the woman as an All-America... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event111806 Feb. 26, 2 p.m. -- Every Wed.-Sun., Jan. 19-Mar. 10. Rhiannon Ragland directs William Mastrosimone's touching drama about a retired stone mason who's evicted from his home to make space for a highway. When he barricades himself in his house, his son must convince him to leave the home and all the memories that come wi... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event111904 Feb. 26, 2 p.m. -- Rebecca Groeb-Driskill directs students in Jerry Herman's long-running musical about a charming but opportunistic woman out to make a quick buck. Complications arise when she tries to play matchmaker to the wealthy Horace Vandergelder. The score includes such favorites as "Put on Your Sunday Clothes... Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event124489 Feb. 26, 3 p.m. -- Every Thurs.-Sun., Feb. 2-26 This local professional company performs this hit 1996 Broadway musical revue that features 39 Lieber & Stoller songs, from "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" to "There Goes My Baby" and "Stand by Me." Theater, Dance, & Opera http://arborweb.com/calendar/theater__dance____opera_120220.html#event123827 Feb. 26, 8 p.m. -- Feb. 12, 17-19 & 24-26 and Mar. 2-4. Nati Salgado directs this local company in the premiere of the young Midwestern playwright Kevin Kautzman's comedy about a twentysomething couple, struggling to survive the Great Recession, who launch a boutique sex website to sell the woman as an All-America... Theater, Dance, & Opera